Newsstand - Hilton to Test Kiosk for Check-In

Checking into a hotel may soon be as simple as withdrawing cash from an automated teller machine.

Hilton Hotels Corp. said Wednesday that it is working with IBM Corp. to develop self-service kiosks to allow guests to check themselves into and out of two of its hotels, one in New York and the other in Chicago. If the machines are well-received in an initial test, they could be rolled out to more hotels.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hilton4sep04,1,3778081.story?coll=la-headlines-business

How do you sweet-talk a machine into giving you a comp upgrade? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Lick the keypad??? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by essxjay:
Lick the keypad??? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif</font>

Caress the touch screen??? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fireworksboy:
Caress the touch screen??? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif</font>

Reach behind and fondle the power cord?